Althausite

Althausite is a relatively simple magnesium phosphate mineral with formula Mg2(PO4)(OH,F). It is very rare. Original occurrences are magnesite deposits among serpentinites. It is named after Egon Althaus (born 1933), a mineralogist at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Raade G. and Tysseland M. 1975: Althausite, a new mineral from Modum, Norway. Lithos, 8, 215-219
  2. ↑ http://www.mindat.org/min-148.html Mindat
  3. ↑ http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/althausite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy
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